AFP - For the residents of Mocajuba Island, dirt-poor folk who sleep in wooden shacks under the Amazon's vast canopy of green, the once-a-year visit by the hospital ship is an occasion akin to Christmas. Read more »
Carrie Ann Inaba Trades Judges’ Chair for Hospital Bed (E! Online)
Spending all season craning your neck over the judges' table is good for catching illegal lifts, but not so good on your already arthritic neck. As Dancing With the Stars'... Read more »
‘DWTS” Carrie Ann Inaba to Go Under the Knife (Extra TV)
"Dancing With the Stars" judge Carrie Ann Inaba is set to go under the knife Wednesday morning to relieve pressure and stiffness in her neck caused by spinal stenosis, People.com reports. Read more »
Dancing Judge Carrie Ann Inaba to Undergo Surgery (People Magazine)
She hopes the procedure will relieve pressure in her neck caused by spinal stenosis Read more »
Redskins’ Samuels ‘optimistic’ about playing again (The Washington Times)
Chris Samuels said Tuesday he hopes to return from a potentially career-ending neck injury that cut short his 2009 season with the Washington Redskins. But the 10-year veteran added that he has no regrets if he never plays again. "At this point, I haven't put my career [in the] past tense," Samuels said before handing out Thanksgiving turkeys with some of his teammates and team owner Dan Snyder ... Read more »
Littleton Adventist Hospital first in CO to implant spine device (Littleton Independent)
Robert Bess, a spine surgeon at Littleton Adventist Hospital, performed the first procedure in Colorado to treat spinal injuries using new technology. Read more »
Canadians with chronic neck and back pain now have access to top spinal care (News-Medical-Net)
Canadians suffering from chronic and severe neck and back pain now have access to the top spinal care available. Spinal heath expert, Dr. Read more »
Things are looking up for Lawal, Ga. Tech in rugged ACC (USA Today)
When asked if it's possible for a team coming off a 2-14 Atlantic Coast Conference season to rise to contention in only one year in one of the nation's toughest leagues, Georgia Tech junior forward Gani Lawal offers a succinct response: "You're about to see it." Lawal might sound brash, especially when he follows up by saying, "It won't be hard at all, I don't think," when queried about the ... Read more »
Back Clinics of Canada Provides Relief to Chronic and Severe Neck and Back Pain Sufferers (Marketwire)
Offers breakthrough non-surgical Spinal Decompression therapy Read more »
Impliant Announces the Addition of Vice President of Clinical and … – Stockhouse
… TM)) System Impliant’s TOPS((TM)) System, a mobile posterior device, is designed to stabilize but not fuse the L3-4 or L4-5 vertebral level to alleviate pain stemming from spinal stenosis with or without degenerative facet arthrosis and … Read more »
